Necromantic Politics

Deck Name: Nec VOTERS
Author: KoKo
Description: Inspired by Haas' deck, I wanted to build a bleed/vote deck using Harbingers as the base. Bleed with inherent bonuses, untap, vote. Private Audience helps with pushing votes through. Masters supplement this strategy as well. Light combat, Obedience, and Secure Haven to ward off rushes. Villein, Black Forest Base and votes for pool gain. Blood Management includes Perfectionist, Harvest Rites, Hungry Coyote tech. Running a fair amount of Freak Drives.

Thoughts?


Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=6 max=9 avg=7.42)
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3x Gisela Harden, The Winnower :: Priscus
2x Regina Giovanni, The Right Hand of Augustus ::2 votes
3x Unre, Keeper of Golgotha :: bishop +1 bleed
2x Baron, The :: 2 votes +1 bleed
2x Egothha

Library (66 cards)
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Master (15)
1x Creepshow Casino
3x Villein
1x Black Forest Base
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
3x Information Highway
1x Powerbase: Madrid
1x Giant's Blood
2x Secure Haven
1x Perfectionist

Action (4)
3x Govern the Unaligned
1x Harvest Rites

Political Action (10)
1x Conservative Agitation
2x Kine Resources Contested
1x Anarchist Uprising
1x Reckless Agitation
2x Cardinal Benediction
1x Reins of Power
1x Political Stranglehold
1x Neonate Breach

Equipment (2)
1x Erebus Mask
1x Shaal Fragment

Event (2)
2x Uncoiling, The

Action Modifier (24)
4x Call of the Hungry Dead
3x Change of Target
10x Freak Drive
1x Kiss of Ra, The
3x Private Audience
2x Trochomancy

Reaction (4)
3x Deflection
1x On the Qui Vive

Combat (5)
2x Skin of Steel
3x Spiritual Intervention

Played. Got owned by Unmasking. Obedience didn't prove to be much help either. Croco is unreliable given discipline spread.

Changes:
-2x Crocodile's Tongue
-1x Dia de Los Muertos
-2x Obedience
-1x Hungry Coyote, The (drew it early along with perfectionist... never used coyote)
-1x Scourge of the Enochians
-1x Banishment

+2x Uncoiling, The
+1x Creepshow Casino (thx Suoli)
+1x Secure Haven

Still a few open slots. Considering adding more Governs. However, the toolbox aspect of this deck is pretty high (or at least should be). Considering other toys... maybe a gun or two... or simply more combat. There's always divination but I don't like paying for stealth. Thoughts?

You got a 60ish card deck that uses necromancy and you aren't running any kind of card recursion?

You make Uncle Augie sad...

Yes I know

I added a couple of Summon Souls since. I am also considering Reinforcements. I know about Maabara. I can't rely on Sudarios though given only 2/12 vamps can play it.

If you add weenies to the deck you can focus less on fortitude. Here are a few suggestions:

Isabel Giovanni and Le Dinh Tho can both play Reckless Agitation, have NEC and dom/DOM. +1 each and -2 Egotha. Don't forget Ancient Influence to hose weenies/Imbued and stay alive. Political Stranglehold, too.

Augustus, while he lacks fortitude, has 2 votes, DOM NEC, and +1 bleed. Maybe two of him instead of 1x Unre and 1x Gisela. This is becoming less and less a Harbingers deck, but I don't think Harbingers are especially what make this deck work.

Hey look at all these 8+ cap non-cam vampires, where's Mylan? May even want to consider Monastery of Shadows.

Card recursion? How about some old school Whispers of the Dead? With 5x Giovanni I think that you can afford at least 1x Sudario. Hey, what about 1x Mausoleum, Venice?

Think about this combo: Villein down low, Summon Soul, Perfectionist. Do you get cards? Do you just get extra blood/pool? That's up to you.

Permacept is clearly the bane of this deck (well, it has a lot of problems, but lets stick to this one). How do you address this without outnumbering your opponents?

1) Out-action them (maybe some of the time because of the Freak Drives)
2) Become unblockable (not happening here)
3) Have perma-stealth

Option 3 sounds the most feasible, so maybe go that route.

On the other hand, you can do something funky with Sunrise Service if you have a strong Sabbat element to the deck. You could even drop some a Stealth Ritus for some WTF stealth.

Hopefully the ideas in this post are more useful than just a rambling session....

You need to decide whether this is a Necromancy political deck or a Harbingers political deck. I'm going with Necromancy and will suggest modifications based on that.

Diversity your crypt significantly.

-1 Gisela
-1 Regina
-1 Unre
-1 Baron, The
+1 Augustus Giovanni (if you have him, otherwise leave 2x Regina)
+1 Ambrogino Giovanni
+2 Marino Reymundo Vasquez


-1 Secure Haven
-1 Perfectionist
+1 Pentex Subversion
+1 Mausolueam, Venice

-1 Harvest Rites
-1 Reckless Agitation
-2 Cardinal Benediction
-1 Shaal Fragment

+2 Govern the Unaligned
+3 Kine Resources Contested

-1 Change of Target
-4 Freak Drive
-3 Private Audience

+2 Telepathic Vote Counting
+4 Spectral Divination

+1 Deflection
+1 On the Qui Vive